Through Robe Canyon the railway engineering crews laid out six tunnels to keep the grade manageable yet gain elevation between Granite Falls and the valley above Sand Hill. Unfortunately they were subject to constant flooding, rock falls and land...

This is the Peter Trout homestead in the large meadow area which today is known as Big Four. (See photo #Kirk007) Trout apparently did not stay long, as settlers in Silverton would travel there to cut hay for winter forage for their livestock...

While not everyone appreciated natural beauty and age, the Snohomish Cash Grocery found this old growth western ed cedar a popular enough attraction to nail up its advertising. Information contributed by Dr. David A. Cameron) #07 in a mounted...

Western red cedar shingles were an economic base for Snohomish County, first split by hand and used in lieu of scarce money as a medium of exchange with merchants and later turned out by the millions when machines were developed to saw them, as by...

At its base just above the foreground tree line are located the ice caves across the South Fork Stillaguamish River. This open area first was named Trout's Marsh for its original settler, then Camp Glacier for the Forest Service hay cutting site,...

Big Four and Hall Peak (cut off to the right) mark the section where the South Fork Stillaguamish River turns from its northerly flow to run westward past Silverton and then down the valley to Granite Falls. A large fault line runs north and south...

Photograph taken from half a mile downstream on the North Fork Skykomish River looking eastward. Visible are the original Great Northern Railway bridge (completed 1892) and the false fronted wooden frame buildings of the downtown section between...